RPS Presents

"Culled from years" worth of saved writing, set aside for projects “beyond music,” and recorded at his kitchen table, Have We Met harkens back to Kaputt-era Destroyer".

We talk to Dan Bejar about his new album, toxic masculinity, The New Pornographers, his Spanish roots and his “compadre” Sr. Chinarro.

Featuring Black Country, New Road & Squid.

Johann Wald interviews Black Country, New Road and Squid; 2 of the bands that recorded tracks in 2019 for this peculiar independent label, which has a strict manifesto when it comes to putting music to tape in Dan Carey’s South London studio.

RPS Presents an exclusive interview with Algiers' frontman Franklin James Fisher on the day that the band releases their third album, There Is No Year.

In the second half of the show, Mark Dix and Ben Cardew take a deep look into the album, presenting key tracks and making sense of the dense and intriguing package. Make sure you make it til the end of the show to find out how you can win tickets to see Algiers in Spain.

Ombra Festival celebrates its second edition in Barcelona this weekend. For this edition of RPS presents, we talk to Trevor Jackson and Fantamorgana, two of the acts taking part in the festival that celebrates the darker side of outsider electronics.

Following the recent release of Nihilism Part 1 on El Segell, Aitor Etxebarria joined us in the RPS Studios to talk about his new artistic direction soundtracking a documentary about Guernica and a brand new relationship with legendary UK Label Mute.

Sega Bodega is the Glasgow based artist whose productions are as noteworthy as his provocative portraits and eyecatching collaborations. Inspired by Warp and local label Lucky Me, he started to release in 2013 and has since developed a unique voice in the field of futuristic beats. Johann Wald caught up with him at the Radio Primavera Sound studios to talk shop. 

On a special live edition of RPS Presents, we caught up with Kelman Duran, the Dominican producer we are calling the Burial of reggaeton. The interview, presented by Johann Wald, is followed by a live recording of a DJ set performed on the same evening at Abaixadors10. 

RPS presents met the Texan loop king Marc Rebillet ahead of his first show in Barcelona. We talked comedy, improvisation and new ways of connecting with fans. We also managed to fit in a word with Juan from the burgeoning promoter, Tombolo.

Ben Cardew interviews Mark Clifford, founder member of legendary post rock band Seefeel.

RPS’s Ben Cardew spoke to Peter Ames Carlin, the esteemed American author and journalist, about his new book, The Name of This Band Is R.E.M., which has recently been released as Este grupo se llama REM by Contra. They spoke about the ineffable appeal of mystery, vivid writing style and - inevitably - whether R.E.M. will ever reform.